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1 April, 2021
Opera, Opera
features

Helena Dix on the tough road back from COVID

A year after a terrifying bout of the coronavirus, with blood clots in her lungs, the Australian soprano has finally recovered and is about to play Vitellia in La Clemenza di Tito for Canberra's new National Opera.

31 March, 2021
Opera, Opera
news

Pinchgut Opera announces the Taryn Fiebig Scholar program

The new Pinchgut Opera scholarship program honours the legacy of Taryn Fiebig, who was thrilled when the idea was proposed to her shortly before she died.

31 March, 2021
Opera, Opera
news

Opera Australia announces its 2021 Sydney Winter Season

A brand new production of Offenbach’s The Tales of Hoffmann, starring Australian soprano Jessica Pratt, comes to Sydney alongside the return of Aida and Attila.

30 March, 2021
Opera, Opera
CD and Other Review

Review: Gluck: Alceste (Bayerische Staatsoper)

Contemporary dance illuminates Classical opera in Cherkaoui’s fluid staging.

27 March, 2021
Opera, Opera
Live Review

Review: Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour: La Traviata (Opera Australia)

Stacey Alleaume gives a glorious performance as Violetta in Opera Australia's restaging of the inaugural Opera on Sydney Harbour production.

26 March, 2021
Opera
CD and Other Review

Review: Donizetti: Pietro Il Grande

Stellar singing and dynamic pit-work rescue muddled futurist staging.

22 March, 2021
Classical Music, Opera, Opera
news

Robert Gard has died

The Australian tenor, whose career spanned almost six decades, has died at 93.

21 March, 2021
Classical Music, Opera, Opera
news

Taryn Fiebig has died

The luminous Australian soprano has died at home of cancer at the age of 49.

19 March, 2021
Classical Music, Opera, Opera
news

Opera Australia announces new Orchestral Fellowship

The new fellowships, which will see young musicians mentored by members of the Opera Australia Orchestra, are designed to assist the professional development of early career string players.

18 March, 2021
Classical Music, Opera, Opera
Live Review

Review: Echo and Narcissus / Cassandra (Victorian Opera)

Greek myths get a contemporary makeover in this world premiere double bill.

18 March, 2021
Classical Music, Opera, Opera
news

James Levine has died

The Metropolitan Opera’s former music director, whose relationship with the house ended in disgrace after multiple claims of sexual misconduct, has died at the age of 77.

16 March, 2021
Classical Music, Opera, Opera, Orchestral, Orchestral
news

Dame Ethel Smyth honoured at the GRAMMY Awards

The British composer, who died in 1944, has had her music honoured at the GRAMMY Awards for the first time, while other classical winners include Gustavo Dudamel, JoAnn Falletta and David Robertson.

12 March, 2021
Opera
CD and Other Review

Review: Meyerbeer: Romilda e Costanza

Meyerbeer's medieval fantasy receives its world premiere recording.

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